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Brief Encounter Criterion Collection #248 Laserdisc FLFL Estate Excellent B2


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Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in...

Brief Encounter

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1400L )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features


Brief Encounter
1946 - 86 min. - Black and White
Genre: Drama

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Though he might be best remembered for sweeping epics such as DOCTOR ZHIVAGO and LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, renowned British director David Lean began his film career with small-scale character studies based on the plays of Noel Coward. Lean's fourth film, BRIEF ENCOUNTER--which was also his fourth and final collaboration with Coward--adapts the playwright's heartbreaking tale of two ordinary people caught up in the extraordinary power of love. Laura (Celia Johnson) is a seemingly happy, middle-class housewife who meets the equally married physician Alec (a young Trevor Howard in only his third screen role) when he removes a speck of dust from her eye at a London railway station. The pair soon find themselves drawn together through weekly meetings at the station cafe, their casual encounters blooming into a chaste love affair marked by intimate conversation, longing glances--and the tragic realization that neither of them will be able to break the bonds of social propriety that keep them wedded to other people. Seen by some as quintessentially English, Lean's achingly lovely exploration of the conflicting demands of personal happiness and social responsibility remains nonetheless universal and timeless. Johnson and Howard's nuanced performances, Robert Krasker's shadowy cinematography, and a soundtrack of hauntingly romantic Rachmaninov piano concertos only add to the film's aura of quiet desperation.

Cast for Brief Encounter

Celia Johnson - Laura Jesson
Trevor Howard - Dr. Alec Harvey
Stanley Holloway - Albert Godby
Joyce Carey - Myrtle Bagot
Cyril Raymond - Fred Jesson
Valentine Dyall - Stephan Lynn
Everley Gregg - Dolly Messiter
Margaret Barton - Beryl Waters
Marjorie Mars - Mary Norton
Dennis Harkin - Stanley
Jack May - Boatman
Avis Scott - Waitress
Richard Thomas - Bobbie
Wallace Bosco - Doctor
Wilfred Babbage - Policeman
Edward Hodge - Bill
Irene Handl - Organist
Sydney Bromley - Johnnie
Nuna Davey - Mrs. Rolandson



Crew for Brief Encounter

David Lean - Director / Screenwriter
Noel Coward - Producer / Play Author / Screenwriter
Anthony Havelock-Allan - Producer / Screenwriter
Ronald Neame - Producer / Screenwriter
Coward Lean - Screenwriter
Robert Krasker - Cinematographer
Sergei Rachmaninov - Featured Music
Jack Harris - Editor
George Pollock - First Assistant Director



Awards for Brief Encounter

Best Actress (nom) Celia Johnson 1946 Academy
Best Director (nom) David Lean 1946 Academy
Best Screenplay (nom) David Lean 1946 Academy
Best Screenplay (nom) Anthony Havelock-Allan 1946 Academy
Best Screenplay (nom) Ronald Neame 1946 Academy
Grand Prix (win) 1946 Cannes International Film Festival
Best Picture (nom) 1946 National Board of Review
Best Actress (win) Celia Johnson 1946 New York Film Critics Circle


Feature Details
Title: Brief Encounter
Feature Release Date: 1946
Genre: Drama
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 86 Minutes
Picture: Academy Ratio
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV


Technical Details
Catalog Number: CC1400L
UPC: 715515005678
ISBN: 1559405449
Manufacturer: Kuraray
Collection: Criterion Collection
Publisher: Criterion

Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC